Tire-armor.



n.4 c. TAYLOR. TIRE ARMOR.

APPLIIIATIOH FILED JAN. 29 I'EII.

d INVENT' ATTORNEY f a simply constructed light wisselen-vas Y ffnnnMAN'c. TAYLOR, orfirtintnn, NEBRASKA;

TIRE-Anillos.

To all fw hom t may concern; K

Be it known that I, DENMAN C. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miller, in the county of Buffalo and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new andl Vuseful Improvements in Tire-Armors, oi:

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in armors or protectors for pneumatic tires. i 'Ihe object of the invention is to provide outerv tire co-ver ing or armor which will eectively prevent blowouts and diminish the liability of punctures, also serving to prolongv the life of the tire.

Vith the foregoing and view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment 'of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of a wheel equippedwith this improved armor.

. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed plan view of aportion of the tire armor. f

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section showing a slightly different form of the invention.

This improved tire armor is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 applied to a wheel having ay rim with straight walled flanges, while in Fig. 4 it is shown applied to a rimof the clencher type. v

In Figs. 1 and 2, an inner vtube I is shown ofthe usual construction incased within an outer shoe S also of ordinary construction and which is mounted on the rim straight walled flanges F between which and the bead B on the shoe S, the edges of the tire armor are clamped.. Q

The armor 1 constituting this invention is composed of a plurality of longitudinally spaced cross wires 2 which are disposed any spcification of Letters Patenti Application l'e'd January 29,5-1917;

other objects inV R having'V "lfatmea nee. is, 19H- seria'rno. 145,2@` .c

suitable or desired distance 'of a length suiiicient to extend transversely around the shoe S to which the armor is to be applied. These cross wires 2 are all of theysame length andare provided at their terminals with eye-s threaded through the eyes 3y connect the wires and also form an attaching bead asis shown clearly in Fig. 2.

Longitudinally or circumferentially VeX- tending wires '5 areinterlaced with the cross wires 2, being shown provided with loops or coils 6 spaced apart the distance it is esired to spa-ce the cross wires and through apart vand are Y 3 formed by bendingV said terminals inward as shown in Fig. 2.

Reinforcinov and attaching wires 4 are shown,v and vserve toV for engagement by the rim ianges, -i

which said cross wires pass,- as is shown clearly in Fig. 3. The ormation ,of the loops or coils 6 inthe longitudinally or peripherally extending wires 5 form obliquely disposed connecting links 7 between the cross wires, so that when the armor is applied to a tire, thesel links will engage the surface over which the wheel passes at an angle and thereby adapt themY to operate as lanti-skid- .ding devices.

The longitudinal lcircumferentially extending wires 5 may be arranged as close together as is practical to prevent the entrance between liable to puncture the tire and by arranging them in close relation all possibility of a blowout of the tire is prevented. l

In Fig. 4 the armor 1" is constructed exactly as thatV above described, except that the eyes 3 formed at the ends of the cross wires 2 are bent laterallyl outwardl to form beads adapted to enter in the curved flanges of a clencher rim ment of the armor by said rim. p

From the 4foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

the yadvantages of the construction and orV them of articles which would'bek to facilitatel theA engagethe invention appertains andv while I have Y.

described kthe l invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desire to haveit understood that principle of operation of the the device shown is merely illustrative and forming ohliquely disposed connecting links that such changes may be made as are Withetvveen said transverse Wires, and attach- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Bateau,

v Washington, D. C.

in the scope of the claimed invention. ing means connected to the ends of said I claim: t transverserwires. Y i

5 A tire protector composed of a plurality In testimony whereof Iatlxmy signature of transversely extendingvr longitudinally in presence of two Witnesses. spaced Wires and a plurality of continuous VVDllNMAN C. TAYLOR. longitudinally extending Wires having lon- Witnesses: gitudinally spaced o ils formed therein Ross BROWN, Y

1o through, which said transverse wires extend JOHN G. KING. 

